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At Birds Eye Foods®, we are guided by our 7 Points of Quality to ensure that we deliver to you the most delicious and nutritious vegetables.
Employ the Best Farmers
We carefully select growers who are capable of producing the high quality vegetables that we offer. Each farm must comply with strict requirements to ensure food safety before produce is shipped to one of our processing facilities.
Birds Eye Foods’ proprietary Agricultural Services Information System (ASIS) allows our farmers to focus on their crop by providing them with the necessary information technology regarding farm activity. Agricultural services managers monitor every farm so each crop is harvested at its peak of quality and delivered to our local processing facilities with minimum delay to maximize vegetable nutrition.
Ensure Crop Perfection
We take every measure to verify tenderness, sweetness, texture and moisture meets our premium standards for flavor and ripeness. Ever heard of a Tender-o-meter? Our peas are sampled every three hours prior to harvest, because at the fourth hour, the window for perfect flavor is closed.
Deliver the Best Vegetables
Our product development team carefully tests every innovative idea to be sure that the correct packaging technology is paired with each of our vegetables. Our research and development team creates specific cooking instructions, conducts sensory panels, and tests all recipes before they appear on any Birds Eye Foods package. Before any frozen food product comes to market, we know that it will offer not only quality, taste and simplicity, but also, each individual vegetable will make its maximum nutritional contribution.
Maintain Quality Production
We give our utmost attention to protecting the quality of our frozen vegetables. Every plant is equipped with on-site quality assurance systems and a dedicated team of people who constantly improve the flash-freezing process to make sure it is as efficient, effective, reliable and safe as possible.
Protect the 'Cold Chain'
The "Cold Chain" is our quality frozen food transit and distribution process. We monitor each step along the route, from farm to retail freezer, to guarantee that our frozen vegetables are kept at 0°F or below. We also guarantee food security by thoroughly inspecting each Birds Eye Foods vehicle so our foods are properly protected during transit.
Provide Optimal Conditions
We partner with our network of retailers, nationwide, to assure that our frozen foods are widely available and properly displayed. Freezer cases must be kept at 0°F or below which we check during on-site inspections.
Make Your Life Easy
Birds Eye Foods is dedicated to providing the most nutrition, the highest quality and the best taste in every one of our products. Browse our Recipe section for inspirational dinner ideas or our Healthy Living page for additional vegetable nutritional information.
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